To exclude specific files or directories from being scanned by secret scanning in GitHub Actions, you can use the paths-ignore: key within your YAML workflow file.
This tells GitHub to ignore specified paths when scanning for secrets, which can be useful for excluding test data or non-sensitive mock content.
Other options listed are invalid:
branches-ignore: excludes branches, not files.
decrypt_secret.sh is not a YAML key.
secret scanning.yml is not a recognized filename for configuration.
[: GitHub Docs – Ignoring Files in GitHub Actions for Secret Scanning, , ]
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